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Tuesday, 23 October 2018
BBC News
- Ryanair profits hit by strikes and higher fuel costsHigher fuel costs also contributed to a 7% decline in half-year profits.
Times Online
- Racist tirade ‘mishandled’ by Ryanair [Subscription]Ryanair was condemned yesterday after failing to remove a passenger who launched a racist tirade against an elderly black woman sitting in his row.
- Watching porn on the bus ‘is harassment’ [Subscription]Watching pornography on trains and buses is sexual harassment against women and should be banned, say MPs.
City AM
- Ryanair profits slide as strikes, cheaper fares and higher fuel costs impact bottom lineRyanair saw half-year profits decline this morning to round off a troubled few days at the budget airline.
London Evening Standard
- Tearful victim of Ryanair passenger's racist rant: If it was the other way round, they would have called the police on meA pensioner who fell victim to vile racial abuse while on a Ryanair flight has tearfully said if the situation had been reversed, she believes passengers would have rounded on her and called police.
Other Regional Press
- Extra Flybe flights from Exeter Airport to benefit Enterprise ZoneAirline operator Flybe has announced a raft of new winter flights - a move that has been mooted to benefit Exeter and East Devon Enterprise Zone.
Aviation Industry
- UK to probe competition concerns on CityJet-Aer Lingus wet leaseThe UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will probe Irish regional airline CityJet’s plans to place aircraft on long-term wet-lease with International Airlines Group (IAG) Irish carrier Aer Lingus. read more
- Volocopter to test eVTOL air taxi in Singapore in 2019 Autonomous air taxi developer Volocopter will conduct its next set of urban flight tests in Singapore, in the second half of 2019. read more
- Safran shareholders to review Zodiac merger details French aerospace firm Safran and seating and cabin interior manufacturer Zodiac Aerospace last week signed an agreement to merge Zodiac Aerospace into Safran, eight months after the success of the initial tender offer and as the integration process is already under way. read more
- Boeing predicts need for 3,260 freighters by 2037With air cargo traffic expected to double over the next 20 years, the global freighter fleet will need to expand by more than 70% to satisfy demand, from the current 1,870 aircraft to 3,260 in 2037. read more
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